Create image_processing.py

image_processing.py

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+import os
+import io
+import base64
+import uuid
+from PIL import Image
+
+# Helper functions for image processing
+def encode_image(image_path: str) -> str:
+    """Convert an image file to base64 string."""
+    with open(image_path, "rb") as image_file:
+        return base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def decode_image(base64_string: str) -> Image.Image:
+    """Convert a base64 string to a PIL Image."""
+    image_data = base64.b64decode(base64_string)
+    return Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_data))
+
+
+def save_image(image: Image.Image, directory: str = "image_outputs") -> str:
+    """Save a PIL Image to disk and return the path."""
+    os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
+    image_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    image_path = os.path.join(directory, f"{image_id}.png")
+    image.save(image_path)
+    return image_path